In these stills for MBC’s My Princess, the costuming of series star Kim Tae-hee is really just a sly wink at the audience, because this has nothing to do with her rags-to-riches Cinderella turn after her character, Lee Seol, is discovered to be a real princess. Instead, the scene depicts Seol in a princess costume as a part-time gig, before she makes the discovery of her true identity as lost royalty. Seol’s a penny-pincher who’ll do just about anything (legal, one assumes) to earn some spare cash, which is how she ends up wearing all this traditional royal finery. It’s here that she happens to meet a Western princess, and they end up taking a photo together.

What I really want to find out, and what remains to be seen, is what kind of setting leads to this whole commoner-to-princess storyline. Will the drama employ a fantasy twist that revives the old monarchy? Will it create an alternate reality where the monarchy never ended, a la Goong? Or will it do something else altogether? I’m itching to know.

A picture of Kim Tae Hee’s bare face is heating up the internet!Recently revealed on an online community site, the picture captured Kim Tae Hee’s bare face. Although she didn’t have any makeup on, her clear skin and superior facial features still shone through.The actress also revealed her bare face on MBC’s “My Princess“. During one particular scene, she washed her face and revealed her makeup-free face, which actresses are naturally fearful of.Netizens commented, “That doesn’t even look like her bare face. She still shines“, “She looks even younger!“, “What a doll“, and “Is she trying to live by herself in this world? Tell me your secrets!“.Maybe you’re born with it, maybe it’s Kim Tae Hee.

So let’s say that you had a chance to choose whomever you wanted as your instructors to receive one-on-one private lessons, then who would they be?Well it looks like the princess had some suggestions of her own for her ‘princess lessons.’ On the 14th episode of MBC Drama “My Princess” that was aired on the 17th, Lee Seol princess (Kim Tae Hee) revealed her wish list of instructors.Lee Seol returns to her palace and receives a new boring “princess” lesson schedule from ‘Deputy Director Kim’ (Hae-Young’s replacement). She glances at the ‘luxurious’ schedule filled with cello, waltz, and horse-back riding lessons and reacted, “I appreciate your work but I don’t like it. I’ll just come up with my own lesson schedule.”Then a moment later, she writes up her own extensive list of teachers/study schedule. Her new study schedule entitled “Lee Seol’s Princess Lessons” includes the following:

Spoiler:

History: Nam Jung Woo (Lee Seol's favorite archaeology professor)

Economics: Steve Jobs

Foreign Language (English): John Park

Foreign Language (Japanese): Joe Odagiri

Music (Vocal): B2ST

Music (Dance): Rain

Art (Fashion): SHINee

P.E. (Horseback Riding): Bidam (Character from “Queen Seon Duk”)

After finishing her wish list, Lee Seol seems pleased and excited as she hands it over to ‘Deputy Director Kim’ and exclaims, “You can round them up by the end of this week, right? Please show me your capabilities!” and leaves the room.Wow, seriously, what an awesome list of instructors! Personally, if they were my instructors for real, I’d probably look forward to every single private lesson and wouldn’t mind having lessons all day long lol! But I’m not so sure if I’d be able to concentrate well during classes…hmmm :D So who’s on your wish list of male/female instructors? I would love to learn Japanese from Hiroshi Tamaki from “Nodame Cantabile”! Any recommendations for a better dream team? ;)

Part-time ‘Princess’Kim Tae Hee was treated to a special surprise from her fans.On February 23rd, Kim Tae Hee updated her me2day with an effusive post: “During the end of an overnight shoot, fans came like sweet rain with cute gift bags~~thank you so so much~~!” She later updated, “These is what was inside the pink pouch~ Ah~ delicious~ I’m happy.”In the accompanying photos, Kim Tae Hee is seen smiling and holding her package, which included drinks, rice cakes, candy, crackers, and much more. Netizens also noted that despite her overnight shoot, her skin looked as radiant as ever.Netizens commented, “Totally awesome, that Tae Hee-nim would upload a tribute proof shot”, “Definitely has sense”, and “She probably didn’t get to sleep because of the overnight drama shoot, but she’s still pretty.”Source: StarToday via Nate

Kim Tae-hee is making her official entrée into the Japanese market, and is currently looking at projects with the Japanese agency she signed with last year. On March 3, a rep from her agency said, “In the latter half of the year, she will be increasing her activities in Japan. She’s looking for all kinds of projects, whether dramas or films.”This comes as Kim wraps work on her most recent drama, My Princess, which, if not her most successful project in terms of popularity or reach, is probably her most successful in terms of acting. After playing the bubbly, lovable Princess Seol, she has received favorable evaluations of her performance for practically the first time in her decade-long career, which is a pretty big divergence from the usual reviews that have dogged her dramas and movies. For many of them, she’s been called a pretty face but flat in delivery, as she was in her last drama, 2009′s IRIS. It’s difficult to believe she ever had trouble emoting when you consider Seol’s range of emotions, from her tearful outbursts to her bright, winsome cheer.I would have expected Kim to make her big Japan push last year, riding the wave of the IRIS press machine, but perhaps My Princess will do better. It’s true that IRIS wasn’t as successful in Japan as initially hoped for, and at least My Princess has Hallyu fave Song Seung-heon, which ought to help buoy interest within the Japanese market (and from the ajummas!). And while her tight drama filming schedule may be over, Kim’s schedule is as packed as ever with CF and photo shoots lined up, as well as meetings for another role to take on this year. Personally, I’m hoping Kim capitalizes on her recent progress and opts for another bright role. Kim Tae-hee attempting serious, badass, or dark? Not so much in the way of convincing. Kim Tae-hee being sunny and effervescent? A. DOR. A. BLE.

Jung Woo Sung and Kim Tae Hee reunites with each other to advertise LG Dior refrigerator. The two stars starred in the movie, “The Restless“, back in 2006 and after five years, the two reunites as a CF models for LG Dior refrigerator.In South Korea, Refrigerator CFs are highly regarded in their place by the fact that only the top stars get to advertise such products.Take Lee Seung Gi as an example. He recently modeled for Samsung Zipel refrigerator.Credits: whimsicalonawhim

Several online communities reveals a photo of Kim Tae Hee with title, "8 foot even in slippers".In the picture, Kim Tae Hee wears slippers. She is 162 cm in height in her official profile but she has a well proportioned body.Netizens who have seen the picture commented, "Her body is well balanced out overall!", "Her small face makes her look tall", "Proportion is important indeed!".Meanwhile, Kim Tae-hee was popular for recent MBC drama "My Princess" having the lead role of princess Lee Seol.Source: NateTRanslation: Hancinema